[Spridgets] Wheels off

[WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com]

With wire wheel cars the key things are to check the spinner isn't cracked  
(once found one that was), that the hub and wheel aren't worn to the extent 
that  the spinner is tightened against the spoke heads, that the spokes all 
sound  about the same when you run a pencil around them.
 
Weslake-Monza 1330 on 5.5" knock-off wire wheels
 
In a message dated 26/09/2009 22:15:11 GMT Daylight Time,  
bmwwxman at gmail.com writes:

Not  being facetious here, only trying to become more educated. What about
wire  wheel cars?  I've never raced one so have no idea how you'd check  the
torque on the spinner. Also, I would think it makes things a bit dicy  if 
the
wires aren't tuned and true......  I HAVE broken spokes on wire  wheel cars
under hard cornering and it pitches the car around somewhat when  it happens
as the wheel stresses into an out of true condition. Surely we  can't check
all the spokes for true!  It is the "too tight" spokes  that are usually the
ones that break.

Cheers!!
Jim - Inquiring  minds....